that is a perfect excuse! when i got mine, my dad was skeptical. but he loves driving it when im at uni. he even makes an effort to move the fiesta or the lupo out of the way to use mine instead (he obviously has great taste).
The small finishing bits and the fettling are what seems to drag on a bit IMO. but if you look back at what you have achieved over the last few months you can just see how far its come along!
Joe

I didn't have much time this morning as it appeared that it was about to rain at any time, then it didn't - all morning. I wasn't fancying pushing the car out of the garage just to haul it back in again the moment the rain started so I just did a little job.



The rubber mats were filthy and full of spots of blue enamel from when the car was brush painted. I washed the mats the other day using detergent but they still looked filthy, then I had a brainwave. I had a small tin or tyre paint in the garage so I gave them both a coat of that. The photo above shows one half done, and in the photo below the top mat has been done while the bottom one still to do.



Tyre paint is just dilute shoe polish really, so paint it on, let it dry, and buff up with a cloth to get your mats looking new again. (But not for long I suppose.)

In a way, I'll be sorry when your restoration is complete as I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your story. Considering your workshop/garage is a bit small, you've done really well and the numerous pictures have a been a great help. I can't wait to see her. Will you be at the L2B event?

I'm looking forward to seeing it too .....will you be at Registers Day,Lincoln or Castle Howard?

T.

Yep, I'll do my damdest to get to one of them. Just off the top of my head I know that the Mrs. has already pre 'warned' me that we're going to a wedding that clashes with one of the main meets, but I'm bound to turn up somewhere.
Mrs Nail is very wary of letting me loose on the general public though, especially when a good drink and fun is to be had.

Take today. When I'm working in the garage I like to listen to Smooth fm, I'm not sure if it's a nationwide station so what it plays is all the oldies from the 60's and 70's, with some 1980's. Now I don't know about you but one of the funniest films I've ever seen was 'The Full Monty', y'know, the one about the Sheffield steel workers that ended up stripping?

Even now, every time I hear that Donna Summer record 'Hot love' I think of the scene where they were all in the dole queue and doing those actions from their routine - Brilliant! So anyway, I'm in the garage this afternoon and that song came on, and I found myself doing that little movement that they did, and singing along with the song. When they got to the words 'Hot love', y'know the one where they pull the hands back and thrust their pelvis? Well I was doing that.

At the end of the record after giving it loads of 'Hot Love' in the garage complete with all the movements I got carried away and spun on my heel for the finale... and came face to face with my next door neighbour asking if I'd used the lawn mower that he'd lent me yet? That fucker was supposed to be on holiday 'till tomorrow!

The wife finds little things I do like that embarrassing for some reason.

I'm with you on that one.

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[quote="Old-Nail"]
.....When I'm working in the garage I like to listen to Smooth fm, I'm not sure if it's a nationwide station.... [quote]

Originally known as Saga Fm(You know, for the over 50s)

But what are you lot gonna listen too when you're over 50? I somehow can't envisage in thirty years time a room full of pensioners breakdancin' and bodypoppin' to 'Smack yer Bitch up' can you? Thirty years will pass whether you like it or not, so what's your plan?

Your doomed laddies your doomed!

Well, not me, I'm a Glam Rock Baby born in '71. I tend to listen to a lot of 70s stuff, but will quite happily listen to anything from some classical, right up to current chart "Hits"......I just love music And yes, I did use to listen to Saga FM